Unruly vs. Wayward
Difference Between Unruly and Wayward
Unruly➦
Difficult or impossible to discipline, control, or rule
The substitute teacher faced unruly students in the classroom.
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Wayward➦
Wayward is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Edward Sloman and written by Gladys Unger (with Lillian Day and Mateel Howe Farnham). The film stars Nancy Carroll, Richard Arlen, Pauline Frederick, John Litel, and Margalo Gillmore.
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Unruly➦
Difficult to keep in place or in order
tried to comb his unruly hair.
trimmed back the unruly bushes.
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Wayward➦
Deviating from what is desired, expected, or required, especially in being disobedient or in gratifying one's own inclinations
"a teacher taking pains with a wayward but promising child" (George Orwell).
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Unruly➦
Wild; uncontrolled.
The police gathered to contain the unruly mob.
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Wayward➦
Difficult or impossible to manage, control, or keep in order
a wayward strand of hair.
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Unruly➦
Not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint; disposed to violate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory; as, an unruly boy; unruly boy; unruly conduct.
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
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Wayward➦
Going somewhere not intended or desired
a wayward golf shot.
a wayward courier.
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Unruly➦
noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline;
a boisterous crowd
a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand
a robustious group of teenagers
beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings
an unruly class
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Wayward➦
Following no clear pattern; unpredictable
"events that were often thought to be wayward, capricious, and inexplicable" (Marq de Villiers).
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Unruly➦
unwilling to submit to authority;
unruly teenagers
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Wayward➦
Given to wilful, perverse deviation from the expected norm; tending to stray.
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Unruly➦
of persons;
the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly
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Wayward➦
Obstinate, contrary and unpredictable.
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Wayward➦
(sports) Not on target.
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Wayward➦
Taking one's own way; disobedient; froward; perverse; willful.
My wife is in a wayward mood.
Wayward beauty doth not fancy move.
Wilt thou forgive the wayward thought?
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Wayward➦
resistant to guidance or discipline;
Mary Mary quite contrary
an obstinate child with a violent temper
a perverse mood
wayward behavior
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